Sesame shrimp bowl. 6/9/22

Posted on June 10, 2022 by Beebamom
Sesame shrimp bowl with cauliflower rice, edamame, cabbage, avocado, and cucumber

This is a good dinner if you do not want to heat up the kitchen too much. I used cauliflower rice that can be heated up in a microwave and the sautéed shrimp cook in minutes. There are so many good textures in the salad portion. The creaminess of the avocado is nicely offset by the crunchiness of cabbage and cucumbers. Edamame gives it a heartiness. The dressing is particularly yummy.

For the dressing, it is a combination of 1/2 teaspoon of toasted sesame oil, 1/4 cup soy sauce, 3 Tbl white vinegar, 2 Tbl of a neutral oil, 2 Tbl minced fresh ginger, and 2 Tbl of chopped scallions. We usually double the recipe.

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Fettuccine with arrabbiata sauce

Posted on June 9, 2022 by Beebamom
Fettuccine with arrabbiata sauce

It’s pasta Wednesday and we are finally getting around to having fettuccine arrabbiata! Arrabbiata sauce is a spicy tomato sauce. To make it spicy I used a can of Rotel, a minced jalapeño, red pepper flakes, and several squirts of sriracha. I added some mushrooms to give it some bulk and of course the usual onions, dried oregano, and garlic. Since I have oregano growing around the patio I also used some fresh leaves and the basil garnish comes from one of the two pots that I am tending in the backyard.

It was delicious and I wished I had divided the pasta equally between our bowl instead of giving John a bigger portion!

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Chilean sea bass, blistered cherry tomatoes, kale and corn 6/7/22

Posted on June 8, 2022 by Beebamom
Chilean sea bass, blistered tomatoes, kale and corn

As fabulous as Chilean sea bass is, the vegetables really stole the show for this dinner.

John roasted the Chilean sea bass in a 400F oven for 14 minutes. He seasoned it with salt, garlic powder, Old Bay, tarragon (from our patio pot!), and a little olive oil. It came out perfectly. We really like Chilean sea bass but it is really pricy even though we usually buy it frozen from Costco. I see it is available at our local Whole Foods this week for around $22 /lb. if you have Amazon Prime. We will need to take advantage of the sale price.

I have to pat myself on the back for how delicious the vegetables turned out. The bitterness of the kale was great against the sweetness of the corn and garlic. Blistering cherry tomatoes is something I have not done before. It is super easy. Heat up some olive oil in a pan and when it is hot put the tomatoes in. Let them just sit there for 2 minutes and then flip them over and add salt and minced garlic . Cook them another 2 minutes. Take them out and sprinkle on some shredded basil. Yum!

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Chicken with rice mix and broccoli 6/6/22

Posted on June 7, 2022 by Beebamom
Chicken with gravy on a rice mix with broccoli

At our house we call this either Classic Chicken or Chicken Monday. When the kids were little I tended to make the same sort of dish on certain days of the week. Monday was always chicken. In fact it became so ingrained that our son still makes chicken on Monday for his family!

This Monday’s chicken is an easy prep using rotisserie chicken and packet gravy. The rice underneath is a combination of half the lentil, rice, farro, chickpea mix from the Egyptian koshari on Saturday and half cauliflower rice. The broccoli is simply steamed. The green sauce on top is some leftover parsley sauce from last week.

It is easy to make a quick, nutritious dinner using part convenience foods, part leftovers, and a fresh vegetable!

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Vegetable stir-fry with polenta and fresh herbs 6/5/22

Posted on June 6, 2022 by Beebamom
Vegetable stir fry with polenta and fresh herbs

Since I ate an egg for breakfast I was looking for something different for Sunday night’s dinner. Aha, leftover polenta in the refrigerator! Given that polenta did not seem to lend itself to Asian flavors I decided to make an Italian stir-fry with oregano and basil picked fresh from my pots of herbs. Along with herbs the vegetables included mushrooms, scallions, garlic, carrots, celery, broccoli, and cabbage. I also added vegetable stock.

Not my usual Breakfast for Dinner but a delicious vegan dish that was satisfying and attractive.

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Weekly menu June 6 – June 12, 2022

Posted on June 5, 2022 by Beebamom
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Egyptian koshari (vegan) 6/4/22

Posted on June 5, 2022 by Beebamom
Egyptian koshari

According to The Mediterranean Dish, the website where I found this recipe, koshari is “an Egyptian comfort bowl of lentils, rice, chickpeas, with a special tomato sauce and savory crispy onions on top!” I think I made it even more comforting for me by adding in the leftover farro we had and putting the whole thing on a bed of kale. It is a glorious mixture of yummy legumes and rice laced with coriander and garlic with a spicy, acidic tomato sauce and fried onions.

The recipe has a lot of steps. Since we already had a rice/farro mixture made, we just reheated it and mixed in the lentils afterward. Our lentils cooked a bit too long so keep yours on the firmer side. I also think I will use diced tomatoes next time instead of tomato sauce for more texture. Also my onions which I used corn starch to coat instead of flour should have been sliced much thinner.

All in all, though, a hearty, delicious dish that I could not stop myself from having seconds.

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Vegan green vegetables pasta 6/3/22

Posted on June 4, 2022 by Beebamom
Fusilli with mushrooms, zucchini, and broccoli over raw kale

We used up a bunch of vegetables from our crisper today with a delicious vegan pasta dish. In the time it took to bring our salted water to a boil and cook the pasta I sliced and quickly cooked all the vegetables in a little oil and pasta water. Start by cooking the mushrooms, then add the onions along with some salt, oregano, and red pepper flakes. Then I put in the garlic and broccoli stems. When the pasta was almost ready I added the zucchini and the broccoli florets. Drain the pasta saving a cup of pasta water and put the drained pasta into the vegetables. Stir around. Add the pasta water. Stir around so more and you are done. Serve the pasta on a bed of raw kale which will wilt nicely. I used some of our good olive oil to dress the top.

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Atlantic cod, polenta, parsley sauce, and zucchini 6/2/22

Posted on June 3, 2022 by Beebamom
Oven-roasted Atlantic cod with parsley sauce, polenta, and zucchini

Every week I get emails with what is on sale at our local grocery stores. This week I saw that fresh Atlantic cod was $12.99/lb. (plus another 10% off for being an Amazon Prime member) at Whole Foods. Having lived on both the east and west coasts of the U.S., I think that Atlantic cod is a tastier fish than Pacific cod. So we changed our dinner plans to take advantage of the sale.

John oven-roasted the fish in a 400F oven for 14 minutes after a 30 minute marinade of lemon zest, herbs, and olive oil. It was perfect. I made a parsley sauce from lemon juice, salt, water, olive oil, and a bunch of parsley. I needed to use the blender for the sauce. (I mention this because I rarely use the blender since it is much more difficult to clean than my food processor.) I also sautéed the zucchini with onion and garlic in some olive oil and also a bit of water to steam it. The zucchini came out really delicious. John said it was the star of the dinner. Yay, me. 😊

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Stir-fried broccoli and chicken over kale and rice 6/1/22

Posted on June 2, 2022 by Beebamom

Stir-fried broccoli and chicken with rice/farro combo over raw kale

The weather people assured me that the high temperature on Wednesday was supposed to be 73F. With very moderate temperatures for the day I felt that boiling a big pot of water to make fettuccini arrabbiata would not be a problem. However, as often happens the weather people were wrong and the high turned out to be 93F! So we switched gears and made a quick stir fry using rotisserie chicken, some broccoli and the leftover rice and farro from previous dinners. I like to add raw kale at the bottom of the bowl to make it seem like I am eating a giant bowl of food.

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